Swift Elementary School
In science, Mrs. Michaels’ fifth grade class is building airplanes from their AMSTI Kits. In Social Studies they are learning about early Colonial America. In math the students are studying several strategies to help them divide. Mrs. Michaels’ students are working diligently toward their AR goals of 200 points. Some students are already to 50 points!
In reading Ms. Hampton’s sixth grade students are logging minutes to try to earn a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Their goal for the month of November is 700 minutes. In math they are learning all about fractions. On the last weekly math test, 82 percent of Ms. Hampton’s students increased their score from the previous week's test. In science they are learning about the rock cycle. The students are learning about igneous rock, sedimentary rock, and metamorphic rock. During social studies class they are learning about westward expansion.
Mrs. Osborne’s sixth grade class is reading and thoroughly enjoying their selection story “Learning to Swim.” It is an autobiography about a girl their age that overcomes the obstacles of her fear of drowning, learns how to swim, and saves herself and her mother in the Sea of Japan. In Grammar they are learning to find and use direct and indirect objects, subject complements, and predicate adjectives and predicate nouns in sentences and in their writing. In math Mrs. Osborne’s students continue to work on individual Accelerated math worksheets, take a weekly 15-minute drill, and also work on AMSTI math.
In AMSTI math they are investigating fractions, making their own fraction strips and relating fractions with reading the ruler and fraction goal charts. This week’s spelling words use “just enough letters” to make spelling challenging and fun (words like icicles and sherbet). In science they started learning about Earth’s make-up of the different minerals, elements, compounds, and crystals. Afterwards they will draw and study the rock cycle. Social studies this week gives each student the insight of the history of the American farmers organizing together and using inventions to get our country back on its feet after the Civil War in the 1900s. These sixth grade students continue making progress on the computer programs I-Station (reading), Fastt Math, and Kids College (math). Most of them are continuing to gain points from reading Accelerated Reader library books, so that they can achieve their yearly goal of 125 points! They are also looking forward to a week off for Thanksgiving, so they can be with their family and loved ones.
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on November 19, 2012 at 8:20 AM, updated November 19, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Swift Elementary School